George Orwell 1984 Analysis

The name Oceania in this post will refer to 1984's Oceania and not current day Oceania.

There are very clearly many ways that the Party controls their society in George Orwell’s

“If you want to keep a secret, you must first hide it from yourself.” In George Orwell’s “1984,” in order for your privacy to not be invaded not only do you need to hide things from people but from yourself as well. “1984” is a story about a dystopian society where people are watched and controlled by technology and are forced to believe what the Party and Big Brother want them to. The privacy issues in 1984 relating to the big idea of manipulation and control, are relevant in social media, video surveillance, and the ability to use propaganda to control our thoughts.

Throughout George Orwell’s dystopian novel entitled 1984, Winston has a negative outlook on society due to Big Brother’s manipulations.  Big Brother’s repressive restrictions  cause Winston to believe that a rebellion must ensue.  Winston’s desire for change motivates him to join forces with O’Brien and the Brotherhood. In Winston’s society, he’s sees all the wrongdoings of the Party.

Actor Jim Carrey once said “Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased”. If not apart of the party, or one who helped change history, then they are the one who rebels and ceases to exist. In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, the party indoctrinates the people of Oceania to believe that they are perfect, erasing anyone who steps in their way, in order to maintain complete power. Through the use of electronic surveillance, the Ministry of Love, and the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, the government in 1984 effortlessly upholds its power. Through the use of computerized supervision the people of Oceanica are forced to live with complete compliance to the party rules.

The western culture is in fact heading toward an Orwellian future. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, he creates a dystopian society in which the people of Oceania are under close surveillance by the government. Orwell clearly expresses that almost all public and private places have TV screens (telescreens) that transmit government information, news and entertainment. In addition to two-way monitors that spy on citizens' private lives. Today, a number of citizens in countries are being watched in a similar manner.

George Orwell's Novel 1984, contrats with Timothy Sinder’s 20 Lessons From the 20th Century On How To Survive, because Snider is trying to set rules to prevent 1984 coming to life. In 1984 the people never stand up for what they believe in, therefore it never gets resolved. In order to make a difference you need to stand out, if nobody does nothing will happen, and do small things that create relationships between people. In Sniders article he makes these point very apparent.

Control is key to holding power in Oceania. Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, is a novel which represents themes of psychological manipulation and as well as manipulation of language. Therefore, these themes have power over the people in Oceania. The telescreens are another form of power which the Government use to watch everyone's every move. If the Government didn’t control the society, they would likely fall out of power.

George Orwell’s 1984 and BBC’s How does the Chinese government review your thinking? both depict the powerful government monitors every aspect of the lives of its citizens. In 1984, the government uses the telescreen to detect instances of rebellion. The government thinks every citizen is “worth watching” and need to keep twenty-four hours a day “under the eyes of the police.” In China, where the Communist Party's one-party Big Brother ruled, the government can arbitrarily dispatch any resources to exercise full-scale monitoring of citizens, use illegally acquired information to capture citizens, and convict citizens of conviction and sentencing.

In George Orwell’s 1984, the Brotherhood is the covert, anti-government organization headed by Emmanuel Goldstein. In my opinion, the Brotherhood does not exist. Its existence in Oceania is to ferret out would-be traitors and any forms of insurrection. The Brotherhood is a meticulous fabrication of the Party and its existence serves as a means of cementing the Party’s own doctrines. The idea of the Brotherhood is instilled in everyday life in Oceania. The Party needs a malicious opponent for the people to project their hate upon while also using the organization as a way of keeping citizens loyal to their regime. Love for Big Brother is concomitant in hate for The Brotherhood and Emmanuel Goldstein. O’Brien –who pretends to be a member of the

Within reading the first ten pages of 1984 by George Orwell, some of the major themes have become evident. My first impression was that Oceania is ruled by a dystopian government that oppresses the people. Most of Oceania is populated by the poor. The main character, Winston Smith, lives in Victory Mansions. On page one it is said that in Winston’s apartment that, “The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and rag mats.” Winston didn’t bother taking the lift because, “even at the best of times it was seldom working,...”. At the end of the hall was a large poster of Big Brother, which could be seen from all floors of the apartment complex. The eyes of Big Brother seemed to be following you wherever you went. The recurring quote of Big Brother is “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU,” which ran beneath the poster on the wall.

The novel 1984, originally titled ‘The last man in Europe’ and published in 1949 by George Orwell is a novel based the idea of leaving in a dystopian world. The novel written shortly after WW2 draws great inspiration from the devastation of war and the power political parties hold, along with inspiration from the events of the horrific war. The novel is viewed through the eyes of Winston smith, a plain looking man who secretly shares a rebellious mind and seems to be the last man with a sense of individuality. Set in a dystopic world, where the ruling political party, simply known as the party, force their totalitarian regime onto the people of Oceania. London, now known is Air Strip One is the setting for the novel. Throughout the novel the

“We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.”

In George Orwell’s magnum opus, 1984, there is a myriad of questions that hang in the air. The majority of these questions are remarkably debatable, but all cling to the general notion that the world is under the control of a government that seeks to annihilate all that remains of the previous world. George Orwell envisions a world that manages to convince its people that gravity and physics aren’t real, a people that worship a man they’ve never met, all culminating in a society that marches forward in blind obedience.

1984 is one of the greatest novels of Orwell. The unique of this book is that it is written and published 40 years before the setting, which means Orwell puts his imagination in the book. As Orwell puts the scientific method to imagine the future, in the book, the reader would become more curious about what Orwell tries want to say. In 1984, The Party control everything in the country. The Party Brainwashes and monitors the people to control and get the authority. Eventually, what Orwell wants to say from the book is that people do not let the happens.